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University of Cincinnati |
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Robotics
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Chapter i |
ROBOTICS I--Introduction to Industrial Robots 20-MINE-636-001
TIME: 5:00—6:15 PM, TH;
ROOM: 405 ERC
INSTRUCTOR: Professor Ernest L. Hall
PHONE: 556-2730, Email: Ernie.Hall@uc.edu
OFFICE HOURS: 3:30--4:30 PM, TH, 681 Rhodes
TEXT: C. Ray Asfahl, Robots and Manufacturing
Automation, Wiley
WWW:
http://www.eng.uc.edu/robotics/
You have taken a position of manufacturing
engineer for a large company. The
company is interested in automation to improve productivity and quality and
reduce costs. You have been asked to
investigate the use of industrial robots.
You decide to conduct a survey of possible applications in the plant and
perform a feasibility study for automating one or more promising operations.
You decide to examine all the advantages and
disadvantages associated with your proposed robot installation and possible
compare several applications to determine which should be performed first. This is necessary because the recession has
left the company with limited funds for its modernization program.
The company presently works two shifts per day.
It is also a union shop. Because of
previous layoffs, the union will not allow more than one employee to be
transferred outside the manufacturing area during the next 12 months.
You are expected to prepare a report that
considers all aspects of the selection, justification and implementation of an
industrial robot in the selected application.
The report is due for a management meeting on Thanksgiving weekend.
If you decide to pursue a team approach to
consider more than one application, management has determined that each team
member must consider a different application but that the report should be
integrated and that a comparison of the applications should be made.
Your manager has given you some advice on the
contents of the report. He suggested
that you make a survey of the plant and consider factors such as safety, job
difficulties, and other to determine potential improvements. Then for a selected application, you should
do an initial work cell layout, cycle time analysis, robot selection, economic
justification, labor and management issues consideration and recommendations.
The company has a style guide for technical
reports that is described on the attached page. Also, you have been asked to use the standard word processor and
to include at least one graphic, one picture and one equation in your report to
demonstrate you mastery of the system.
Your paper should consist of five parts: title,
abstract, introduction, body and conclusions.
Two additional divisions, a glossary of symbols and an appendix are
sometimes desirable. References should
also be noted.
Title:
Clearly indicate the
subject of your paper.
Abstract (200 words)
1. What was done.
2. How it was done.
3. Principal results (numerical, when
possible).
4. Significance of the results.
Introduction:
1. The nature of the problem.
2. The background of previous work.
3. The purpose and significance of the paper.
4. The method by which the problem was
attacked.
5. The organization of the material in the
paper.
Body:
Communicate
efficiently and effectively to the reader the primary meaning of the paper.
Conclusions:
1. What is shown by this work and its
significance.
2. Limitations and advantages.
3. Application of the results.
4. Recommendations for further work.
"My reason for offering you this work is so
logical, and after you have learned its plan you will also, I am sure, have so
logical a reason to take it under your protection, that I believe nothing will recommend
it to you more than a brief statement of what I herein propose to do."
Descartes, Mediations
on First Philosophy.
1. INTRODUCTION
These guidelines are adapted from those used by the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE) and are designed to assist you in preparing a camera-ready manuscript of your robotics feasibility study. A copy of the proceedings will be made available to each author on the robotics web page after final week. The use of Word is recommended since all options such as equations, graphs and photographs can be accommodated. Author guidelines are at: http://www.spie.org/web/proceedings/authorguide.html
2. MANUSCRIPT PAPER
Use standard 8.5 by 11
inch paper with a left margin of 1 inch, a right margin of 0.5 inch and top and
bottom margins of 0.75 inch. All
figures and text should appear within these margins.
3. MANUSCRIPT LENGTH
Manuscripts should be
limited to 12 pages. Extra pages may be
included but you will have an additional copy cost. Upon receipt, manuscripts and illustrations become the property
of UC and will not be returned. Don't
send your only copy of anything.
4. TYPE
SPECIFICATIONS
Use a laser printer of
at least 300 dots per inch or a letter quality printer. All type and illustrations should appear
within the margins. Use 10 point type
with 12 points of leading(spacing between lines). Use Times Roman typeface or equivalent. Use boldface or italic for emphasis only. Single space all text. Double space between paragraphs. Use full justification.
5. SCANNING
ILLUSTRATIONS
A HP scanner is
available in Room 508 (Robot Vision Lab) and is relatively easy to use. The image file can be imported as a Figure
into your Word file and printed with your document. At least one relevant image must be included in your report. For example you may want to include a photo
of the robot you select.
6. GRAPHIC FILES
Graphic files such as
from Autocad, Powerpoint, Visio, etc. can also be imported into your Word
file. At least one relevant graphic
must be included in your report. For
example, you may want to include a work cell layout.
7. EQUATIONS
An equation editor is
available in Word and relatively easy to use.
At least one equation must be included in your report. For example, you may want to describe your
gripper calculations. Number the
equations.
8. REFERENCES
Include several
appropriate references in the format shown on the sample page. Include complete references with page numbers.
Name
___________________________ Evaluator___________
Technical
Considerations
Review
of Previous Work ______________________________
Understand
Problem ______________________________
Sound
Technical Approach ______________________________
Sound
Economic Analysis ______________________________
Adequate
Cycle Time Analysis ______________________________
Robot
Selection Appropriate ______________________________
Recommendations ______________________________
Human
Relations Aspects ______________________________
Comments
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
OVERALL
RECOMMENDATION
Poor______Good______Very
Good______Excellent______Outstanding____
VOTE ON PROJECT (0-5, 5 Maximum for Implementation)____________